Catholic reaction to Kansas child abuse crisis

[Sandra Price]

Latest post of the previous page:

Very good! Maybe I should return to my family roots in Scotland.

[Trickle]

Very good! Maybe I should return to my family roots in Scotland.

As I understand it Scotland is the base for fundamentalist Christians in the UK, or at least those pushing for Biblical creationism to be taught in school as a factual account of the origins of the universe and human race.

[Alan C.]

Eh!

[Paul Braterman]

No, Twinkle. Evolution is firmly in the syllabus in Scotland. The Scottish Education Secretary may, however, have been disingenuous when he refused to issue specific guidance condemning creationism (as there is in England) on the grounds that there isn't a problem. But I don't think we have more than our share of them, and our Religious, Moral, and Philosophical Education (RMPE) is meant to be education and discussion rather than indoctrination, my fiercely atheistic daughter described it as one of her best school classes, and the convener of the Glasgow Brights is a highly regarded RMPE teacher.

What Twinkle may have in mind is the Centre for Intelligent Design, a thinly disguised franchise of the Discovery Institute, from which it borrows speakers, materials, and ideas. Of the three people who run this, one is an out and out biblical literalist, one is certainly a creationist in the strict sense of rejecting evolution, and one keeps his views on creationism private, but his writings show a clear sympathy for young earth creationism. Officially, however, they maintain that Intelligent Design has nothing to do with creationism, let alone religion.

We do not think that they are making much progress.

[Trickle]

That's what I was refering too. I just couldn't remember the details

[Alan H]

Church Puts Legal Pressure on Abuse Victims’ Group

[Dave B]

But William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, a church advocacy group in New York, said targeting the network was justified because “SNAP is a menace to the Catholic Church.”

That quote (assuming it was accurate) made me almost nauseous with anger. It is indicative of the wholly arrogant attitude of the Rat Catchers that they must be in the right even when they have caused so much pain and anguish over the centuries.

Might look to see if there is any way of contributing a few quid to a fund for that group. And any others on this side of the Pond.